Life Overtakes Me

Release Date: 2019-01-26

Overview: Hundreds of refugee children in Sweden, who have fled with their families from extreme trauma, have become afflicted with 'uppgivenhetssyndrom,' or Resignation Syndrome. Facing deportation, they withdraw from the world into a coma-like state, as if frozen, for months, or even years.

Rating: 6.528 / 10

Cast

Henry Ascher

as Himself - Pediatrician and Professor, University of Gothenburg (as Henry Ascher MD)

Nadja Hatem

as Herself - Immigration Attorney

Mikael Billing

as Himself - Psychologist and Psychotherapist, BUP Asylum Psychiatric Unit

Karl Sallin

as Himself - Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics, Uppsala University (as Karl Sallin MD)

Elizabeth Hultcrantz

as Herself - Professor Emerita, Linköping University (as Elizabeth Hultcrantz MD PhD)

Crew

Kristine Samuelson - Director
John Haptas - Director
Kristine Samuelson - Editor
Lisa Kleiner-Chanoff - Executive Producer
Kristine Samuelson - Sound

Reviews

Alunauwie:

This documentary sheds light on the rarely known Resignation Syndrome affecting refugee children in Sweden, a mental condition lacking official recognition from WHO. It presents emotional and psycholo...